[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 16323-16325]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 19, 2005 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 20
     Time to be announced
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Richard 
           L. Skinner, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, and 
           Edmund S. Hawley, of California, to be Assistant 
           Secretary, both of the Department of Homeland Security, 
           and Brian David Miller, of Virginia, to be Inspector 
           General, General Services Administration.
                                              Room to be announced
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider H.R. 1428, to authorize 
           appropriations for the National Fish and Wildlife 
           Foundation, S. 1339, to reauthorize the Junior Duck 
           Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994, S. 
           1250, to reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation Act of 
           2000, S. 1340, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
           Restoration Act to extend the date after which surplus 
           funds in the wildlife restoration fund become available 
           for apportionment, S. 1265, to make grants and loans 
           available to States and other organizations to 
           strengthen the economy, public health, and environment 
           of the United States by reducing emissions from diesel 
           engines, S. 158, to establish the Long Island Sound 
           Stewardship Initiative, S. 1400, to amend the Federal 
           Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water 
           Act to improve water and wastewater infrastructure in 
           the United States, S. 1410, to reauthorize the 
           Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, the Lacey 
           Act Technical Correction Act, the Alaska Native 
           Villages Reauthorization Act, the nominations of Marcus 
           C. Peacock, of Minnesota, to be Deputy Administrator of 
           the Environmental Protection Agency, and Granta Y. 
           Nakayama, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator 
           of the Environmental Protection Agency, and other 
           pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-406
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider proposed Better Healthcare 
           through Information Technology Act, proposed Medical 
           Device User Fee Stabilization Act of 2005, and pending 
           nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine issues and implications 
           relating to reporters' shield legislation.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine biosecurity preparedness and 
           efforts to address agroterrorism threats.
                                                           SR-328A
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal role and budget 
           implications relating to health information technology.
                                                            SD-628
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert M. 
           Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
           Treasury, Randal Quarles, of Utah, to be Under 
           Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, Sandra 
           L. Pack, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
           Treasury for Management, and Kevin I. Fromer, of 
           Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury 
           for Legislative Affairs.
                                                            SD-215
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Global Climate Change and Impacts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the climate policy of the 
           United States, focusing on the climate-related science 
           and technology budget request for fiscal year 2006.
                                                            SR-253
     10:15 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine economic progress in Iraq.
                                                            SD-419

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     2 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 703, to provide for the 
           conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in 
           the State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, S. 
           997, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
           certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest, 
           Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a 
           cemetery, S. 1131, to authorize the exchange of certain 
           Federal land within the State of Idaho, S. 1170, to 
           establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave 
           Conservation Area, S. 1238, to amend the Public Lands 
           Corps Act of 1993 to provide for the conduct of 
           projects that protect forests, and H.R. 1101, to revoke 
           a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands 
           erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife 
           Refuge, California.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold a closed briefing regarding intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine solutions to saving money in 
           Medicaid.
                                                            SD-106

                                JULY 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1003, to amend the Act of 
           December 22, 1974, relating to Navajo-Hopi land 
           settlement.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1088, to establish 
           streamlined procedures for collateral review of mixed 
           petitions, amendments, and defaulted claims, S. 751, to 
           require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in 
           interstate commerce, in possession of data containing 
           personal information, to disclose any unauthorized 
           acquisition of such information, S. 1326, to require 
           agencies and persons in possession of computerized data 
           containing sensitive personal information, to disclose 
           security breaches where such breach poses a significant 
           risk of identity theft, S. 155, to increase and enhance 
           law enforcement resources committed to investigation 
           and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
           violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and 
           communities from violent criminals, to revise and 
           enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to 
           reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang 
           members who commit violent crimes, to expand and 
           improve gang prevention programs, S. 103, to respond to 
           the illegal production, distribution, and use of 
           methamphetamine in the United States, S. 1086, to 
           improve the national program to register and monitor 
           individuals who commit crimes against children or sex 
           offenses, S. 956, to amend title 18, United States 
           Code, to provide assured punishment for violent crimes 
           against children, S. 1389, to reauthorize and improve 
           the USA PATRIOT Act, and a bill entitled the Personal 
           Data Privacy and Security Act.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the semiannual monetary 
           policy report to the Congress.
                                                            SD-538
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 3, to strengthen and 
           protect America in the war on terror, and S. 975, to 
           provide incentives to increase research by private 
           sector entities to develop medical countermeasures to 
           prevent, detect, identify, contain, and treat 
           illnesses, including those associated with biological, 
           chemical, nuclear, or radiological weapons attack or an 
           infectious disease outbreak.
                                                            SD-430
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending nominations; to be 
           followed by a hearing to examine the current state of 
           climate change scientific research and the economics of 
           strategies to manage climate change, focusing on the 
           relationship between energy consumption and climate 
           change, new developments in climate change research and 
           the potential effects on the U.S. economy of climate 
           change and strategies to control greenhouse gas 
           emissions.
                                                            SH-216
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine United Nations reform.
                                                            SD-419
     10:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         Business meeting to markup an original bill regarding the 
           reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading 
           Commission.
                                                           SR-328A
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to consider H.R. 3058, making 
           appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, 
           Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
           Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 
           agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
           H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of 
           Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
           H.R. 2528, making appropriations for military quality 
           of life functions of the Department of Defense, 
           military construction, the Department of Veterans 
           Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2006, and proposed legislation 
           making appropriations for the government of the 
           District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in 
           whole or in part against the revenues of said District 
           for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006.
                                                            SD-106
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. financial involvement 
           relative to the United Nations' Capital Master Plan to 
           renovate the U.N. headquarters in New York City.
                                                            SD-562
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Alan W. 
           Eastham, Jr., of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Malawi, Katherine Hubay Peterson, of 
           California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Botswana, and Michael Retzer, of Mississippi, to be 
           Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania.
                                                            SD-419
       Finance
       Long-term Growth and Debt Reduction Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Tax Code's 
           depreciation system focusing on how to amend the 
           current depreciation system to provide simplification 
           and updated guidance for areas such as emerging 
           industries and technologies, and the role that 
           depreciation should play in providing fiscal stimulus 
           or encouraging economic growth for particular 
           industries of the U.S. economy at large.
                                                            SD-215
       Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of John S. 
           Redd, of Georgia, to be Director of the National 
           Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of 
           National Intelligence.
                                                            SH-216

                                JULY 22
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Karen P. 
           Hughes, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of State for 
           Public Diplomacy, with the rank of Ambassador, Josette 
           Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
           State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, 
           Kristen Silverberg, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary 
           of State for International Organization Affairs, and 
           Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
           Secretary of State for African Affairs.
                                                            SD-419

                                JULY 25
     12 noon
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Timothy 
           Elliott Flanigan, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney 
           General, Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 26
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine how farm bill programs can 
           better support species conservation.
                                                           SR-328A
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine legislation to 
           resolve Cobell v. Norton.
                                              Room to be announced
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Intellectual Property Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine certain issues relative to 
           patents.
                                                            SD-226


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                                JULY 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine lands eligible for 
           gaming pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization 
           Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Conservation 
           Reserve Program.
                                                           SR-328A

                                JULY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the implementation 
           of the Native American Graves Protection and 
           Repatriation Act (P.L. 101-601).
                                                            SR-485
       Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending VA legislation.
                                                            SR-418

                              SEPTEMBER 20
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentation of the American Legion.
                                                          345 CHOB